An image processing apparatus has an inputting unit for inputting: image data including image data shot using a bracket shooting function; and an instruction for correction processing on the image data. The image processing apparatus also has a selecting unit for, in a case where the image data stored in the storage unit is image data that has been shot using a bracket shooting function corresponding to the correction processing instruction, selecting the image data shot using the bracket shooting function corresponding to the correction processing instruction from the image data stored in the storage unit. And, the image processing apparatus also has a processing unit for, in a case where there is no image data in the storage unit that corresponds to the correction processing instruction, performing the correction processing on the image data input by the inputting unit.
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1. An image processing apparatus comprising: an inputting unit configured to input image data; a reception unit configured to receive a correction processing instruction for the image data input by the inputting unit; a determining unit configured to determine whether or not the image data, input by the inputting unit, represents a plurality of image data with different shooting conditions shot using an auto-bracket shooting function; an identification unit configured, in a case where the image data is determined by the determining unit to represent image data with different shooting conditions shot using an auto-bracket shooting function, to identify a specific auto-bracket shooting function corresponding to the correction processing instruction received by the reception unit through reference to a correspondence table in which auto-bracket shooting functions correspond to respective correction processing instructions; a selecting unit configured, in a case where the auto-bracket shooting function determined by the determining unit for the input image data is the specific auto-bracket shooting function identified by the identification unit, to select the image data corresponding to conditions of the correction processing instruction received by the reception unit from the plurality of image data with different shooting conditions input by the inputting unit; and a correction unit configured, in a case where the auto-bracket shooting function determined by the determining unit for the input image data is not the specific auto-bracket shooting function identified by the identification unit, to correct the image data input by the inputting unit.
2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the input data input by the inputting unit is image data within an image file composed of a plurality of image data.
3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the correction processing is brightness adjustment processing, and the specific auto-bracketing shooting function corresponding to the correction processing is exposure bracket shooting.
4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the correction processing is processing for adjusting to brighten the image data, and the selecting unit is configured to select image data shot with exposure plus correction from the plurality of image data with different shooting conditions input by the inputting unit.
5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the correction processing is processing for adjusting to darken the image data, and the selecting unit is configured to select image data shot with exposure minus correction from the plurality of image data with different shooting conditions input by the inputting unit.
6. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the correction processing is red-eye correction processing, and the specific auto-bracket shooting function corresponding to the correction processing is red-eye reduction bracket shooting.
7. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the image data input by the inputting unit is image data within an image file composed of a series of image data with different shooting conditions shot in a single shooting operation.
8. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising: a composition unit configured to compose the plurality of image data selected by the selecting unit.
9. The image processing apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the correction processing received by the reception unit is performed on composed image data obtained after the composition processing by the composition unit.
10. An image processing method comprising: inputting image data; receiving a correction processing instruction for the image data input in the inputting step; determining whether or not the image data, input in the inputting step, represents a plurality of image data with different shooting conditions shot using an auto-bracket shooting function; identifying, in a case where the image data is determined in the determining step to represent image data with different shooting conditions shot using an auto-bracket shooting function, a specific auto-bracket shooting function corresponding to the correction processing instruction received in the receiving step through reference to a correspondence table in which auto-bracket shooting functions correspond to respective correction processing instructions; selecting, in a case where the auto-bracket shooting function determined in the determining step for the input image data is the specific auto-bracket shooting function identified in the identifying step, the image data corresponding to conditions of the correction processing instruction received in the receiving step from the plurality of image data with different shooting conditions input in the inputting step; and correcting, in a case where the auto-bracket shooting function determined in the determining step for the input image data is not the specific auto-bracket shooting function identified in the identifying step, the image data input in the inputting step.
11. A control program storable on a computer-readable storage medium that, when run on a computer, causes the computer to execute an image processing method according to claim 10 .
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